Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-08


 day at Trinity ChapeI-The Various
 Reports-RIectIOn of Officers.
 The seventh annual convention of the
 Young Women's Christian association of this
 city was held in the Trinity church chapel
 on Temple street yesterday afternoon. The
 meeting was called to order at o'clock.
 Rev. Dr. Harwood presided. He opened
 with prayer, after which Mrs. Hedden sang
 solo. Minutes of the last meeting were
 read and approved. During the meeting Rev. Dr. Reed of the Trinity M. E. church addressed the meeting. Miss Bliss, the sec
 retary, read the report for the past year. SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Y M c. A. OF NEW HAVEN.
 The report, owing to the change in the association year, covers only the past nine | months. A tribute is paid to Miss Wilcox, ! who was obliged to resign as matron owing | to the illness of her mother. Her services were highly appreciated. Until permanent arrangements could be made the boarding house was placed in charge of Miss Coomes l and later of Mrs. Eggleston, who remained | until the middle of October
 l Early in April Miss s. M. Cooke came to us from New York to act as superintendent l in charge of our reading rooms and public \ work Her long previous experience in sim | liar work has been of great value to us and | under her care the classes and reading room have steadily prospered
 \ | is now full to overhowing, beds being made up each night in the school rooms and read | ing room, and still there are more. applying I whom we cannot accommodate. This makes | us more than ever long for new building, | where we can have larger number, and | give to each small room to herself. Only | $5. 800 remains to be paid on our present | property Oh, that some large-hearted citi- | zen would come to our aid, extlngu1sh our ! debt, and give his name new home which I his money shall erect.
 The visiting committee report that they ''have little to say, differing from last year, except that the work has been divided up more systematically, thus reaching per sonally more of the girls. We pursued the same plan, calling at the homes of the girls ! in the classes, visiting stores, factories, etc. We were much interested in the useful, busy life which we found most of them | leading, and many were the expressions of | interest in and thankfulness for the benefits | of our home"
 Of the work of the entertainment commit | tee the chairman says: "Since our last report ! there have been but few entertainments, as ! this feature of our work has necessarily been | interrupted. Our aim, which was to instruct while entertaining, was in part carried out. With this in view we gave our young friends a trip abroad by means of a stereopticon. In March some members of Mrs. Cady's school i gave us Howe1l's farce, The Mouse Trap ! ! lating some of his experiences in the Sand wich Islands; we had also at this entertain ment some charming music from the Ladies' Banjo club.
 s'in June the Kings Daughters circle made up of members of our association, gave an ice cream social and musical evening. They carried through the entire affair, bring ing to themselves great credit and praise. Their efforts netted neat little sum for their Lend Hand' circle. which was the object of their efforts"
 Of the devotional work, the Bible class and prayer meeting the committee report most encouragingly. "The change of the Bible class from Sunday afternoon to 9 o'clock in the morning has given the young women in the household an opportunity to study their regular Sunday school lesson before going to | their classes at church. This, together with the profitable and interesting instruction of MT Walker, has added new incentive to | their Bible study, and both the attendance and interest has been increased. A few \ others, not boarders at the home nor con ! nected with any church Sunday school, have also joined the class. These we believe will ! induce others to come, thus bringing them under the influence of Miss Cook, who has l so ably taught the class since beginning her duties. The Thursday evening prayer meet | ing has also had larger attendance. A \ marked desire to "lend a hand" to bring in others and win them to Christ and to | trust ''in his name" seems to be growing among those who regularly attend these | meetings.
 The classes which have been carried on in previous years have all been resumed, and in addition the ladies have inaugurated cooking school with the conviction that in so doing they were providing for a long felt want But the report of the instruction committee tells it's story from itself. After our last report in January, 1887, | our classes increased in numbers as spring | approached, the average attendance being greater than ever before. Through the kind | ness of Mrs. W. H. Russell who gave us the use of room, we were able to keep up our more important classes, such as bookkeeping, photography and sewing, when the others | were interrupted. Just at this time our new \ superintendent, Miss Cooke, came to us, and ] amid all our difficulties she added to our | reading room and association large number | of young women, her previous experience in \ New York being a great aid to us. Our | classes in March numbered one hundred and | forty-eight:
 | Arithmetic B. Dressmaking F, Bookkeeping II, Y. W. sewing class S. ! Penmanship 10, Embroidery 16, Phonography5 5, Elocution :, | German 5, Music 6,
 | Childrens sewing co, Calisthenics B. | We have at present for our fall classes 54 ! applications, and 23 for the cooking school 1 We have had number of volunteer teachers | during the past year, and in behalf of the | association we present our warmest thanks | to them for their self-denying labors. | Last June we decided to attempt cooking | sehool-a move we had long desired to make ! and which was feasible at that season ow- | ing to the closing of the public schools, so | that many young girls were left at liberty. We secured as a teacher for our classes 8 graduate from the Boston cooking school, | Miss Poison, who has proved herself emi | nently fit for the position in every respect, cI1a 0orfc fOh hcr pupils, besides being faithful in the discharge of her duties,
 We had one room fitted up under her | supervision, with table in the form of a | horse shoe, having gas jets at intervals. Through the libera1ity of a Boston firm, | Smith & Anthony, we have had the use of one of their stoves with 8 wire gauge door, for which we extend our heartfelt thanks. During the extreme heat of August and September we had sixty eight pupils. Sixty lessons were given, and the number of dishes cooked at home by the scholars was seven hundred. The number of visitors to the classes was one hundred and sixty three. We
 have most gratifying reports from the par ents of some of the pupils concerning the improvement of their daughters in cooking A change is made for each pupil, as we pay large salary to the teacher and have been
 at heavy expensein arranging the room, and we hope for such 8 number in our classes as eventually to more than make good our out
 lay.
 In thus presenting these reports of the different committees of the executive board we are sure that all who hear them will real ize that good, earnest, conscientious work for young women in our city is being done by those connected with us, either as members of the board or as volunteer workers.
 To all the friends who have so willingly
 aided us we would return our thanks. In
 doing this we would not forget the members 0f ha wi
 us in Keeping our cause before the public
 On behalf of the board of managers,
 LUCY R. BLISS.
 Presented Nov. 2, 1887.
 TREAsURER's REPoRT-MRs. E. M. REED.